This year the NYC Dyke March will step off from Bryant Park at 5pm on June 28, 2025.

The March is a demonstration of our First Amendment right to protest and takes place without permits or sponsors. We recognize that we must organize among ourselves to fight for our rights, safety, and visibility.

Thousands of Dykes take the streets each year in celebration of our beautiful and diverse Dyke lives, to highlight the presence of Dykes within our community, and in protest of the discrimination, harassment, and violence we face in schools, on the job, and in our communities.

Any person who identifies as a dyke is welcome to march regardless of gender expression or identity, sex assigned at birth, sexual orientation, race, age, political affiliation, religious identity, ability, class, or immigration status.   

As the political climate both within the United States and globally moves further to the right, Dykes of New York City are coming together to say NO to authoritarianism and nationalism. In our ascent to fascism, the state imposes increased restrictions on women, queerness, and BIPOC folx; whether that be the abortion bans, anti-LGBTQ legislation or anti trans laws passed in legislatures nationwide. We also recognize the particularly vulnerable position that many BIPOC and immigrant dykes face in the risk of abduction and deportation by ICE. We owe it to our community to stand defiant in the face of fascism – we protect us. 

The NYC Dyke March has always taken place without permits or sponsors as a demonstration of our First Amendment right to protest. We are committed to ensuring that the march is accessible to all Dykes that want to participate. We provide sighted guides, wheelchairs for all or part of the march, ASL interpretation, and assistance in transportation funds for disabled and chronically ill Dykes. 

Any person who identifies as a Dyke is welcome to march. We celebrate Dykes of diverse gender expressions and identities, orientations, races, ages, gender, religious identities, abilities, classes, and immigration statuses.